To us — richer and cleverer than everyone else!.

I suspect this is all gonna end in screaming and drowning.

Mew," the kitten retorted, locking gazes with him. It had the expression common to all kittens, that of a tyrant in the becoming. 'I was comfortable,….

We’re a different sort of thief here, Lamora. Deception and misdirection are our tools. We don’t believe in hard work when a false face and a good li….

A boy may be as disagreeable as he pleases, but when a girl refuses to crap sunshine on command, the world mutters darkly about her moods..

Any man can fart in a closed room and say that he commands the wind.

My disinterest in your bullshit is so tangible you could make bricks out of it.

We like what we like, we want what we want, and nobody needs to give us permission to feel that way!.

There’s no freedom quite like the freedom of being constantly underestimated..

The water caught the Falselight glimmer like layers of shifting, translucent mirrors and formed split-second works of art in the air, but men cursed ….

Difficult" and "impossible" are cousins often mistaken for one another, with very little in common." (Locke Lamora to Requin).

I think it’s fairly common for writers to be afflicted with two simultaneous yet contradictory delusions, the burning certainty that we’re unique gen….

I don't have to beat you. I don't have to beat you, motherfucker. I just have to keep you here... until Jean shows up..

If reassurances could dull pain, nobody would ever go to the trouble of pressing grapes..

Worst of all, the inner vault is guarded by a live dragon, attended by fifty naked women armed with poisoned spears, each of them sworn to die in Req….

When you can't cheat the game, you'd best find a means to cheat the players..

... It's perfect! Locke would appreciate it." "Bug," Calo said, "Locke is our brother and our love for him knows no bounds. But the four most fatal w….

Quit being so hard on yourself. We are what we are; we love what we love. We don't need to justify it to anyone... not even to ourselves..

You're one third bad intentions,one third pure avarice,and one eighth sawdust.What's left,I'll credit,must be brains..

When you see the crooked Warden," said Locke, twisting something in his hands, "tell hi that Lock Lamora learns slowly, but he learns well. And when ….

Stand aside, and try not to catch fire if I shed sparks of genius..